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The Schinznacher Baumschulbahn - tree nursery railway - is a 60 cm (2 ft) gauge steam railway that is incorporated into the Zulauf garden center in the town of Schinznach about 13 km (8 miles) away from Villigen. They celebrated their 30th anniversary this past weekend. Pictured here is Emma, built in 1925 in Munich. It was used in the construction of part of the Brugg train station among other things. Link to the website of the Baumschulbahn.

The garden center Zulauf is the most impressive nursery I've seen. Four million plants make up their nursery of fruit trees, conifers, etc. They also have an extensive bonsai collection I like to gawk at whenever I visit. Link to the Zulauf website.

There's nothing that goes by that name that I don't like. Honest. The romantic in me has always loved Jane Austen's famous matchmaker, Emma. A dear friend's niece is a darling and she goes by the same name ....and i like your little steam locomotive too :)

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I started this blog in Jan 2007 as a member of the City Daily Photo family representing the village of Villigen. I'm a transplant to Switzerland and keeping the blog was a way for me to keep a record of new things I learnt while sharing with others. I was on a long LONG break, and now I post only sporadically although I still have hopes of posting more regularly. Thanks for stopping by and drop me a line if you have questions or comments. Camera and other information at the foot of the page. 20150322

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My main camera is an Olympus PEN-EP2. Up until June 2010 I used a Panasonic Lumix FZ7 (2006). Occasionally there may appear photos taken with either a Nikon Coolpix 950 that I've had since 2000 or a used Nikon Coolpix 990 I acquired in 2009.